Quarterman Dates

["John S. Quarterman" <jsq@quarterman.com>]

   [1]Tomorrow:
   December 31

   1460: Battle of Wakefield,
   
   1460: Battle of Wakefield,
   
   1775: Battle of Quebec,

   1805: End of French Republican calendar,

   1857: Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as new capital of Canada,

   1862: Merrimac sinks Monitor, Union ironclad ship "Monitor" sank at
   Cape Hatteras NC.

   1862: WV, US President Lincoln signs an act admitting West Virginia to
   the Union.

   1881: Rev. Barrows resigns,

   1890: Ellis Island, opens as a US immigration depot.

   1946: end of WW II, US President Harry S. Truman officially proclaims.

   1961: Marshall Plan expires, after distributing more than $12 billion
   As the war-torn nations of Europe faced famine and economic crisis in
   the wake of World War II, the United States proposed to rebuild the
   continent in the interest of political stability and a healthy world
   economy. On June 5, 1947, in a commencement address at Harvard
   University, Secretary of State George C. Marshall first called for
   American assistance in restoring the economic infrastructure of
   Europe. Western Europe responded favourably, and the Truman
   administration proposed legislation. The resulting Economic
   Cooperation Act of 1948 restored European agricultural and industrial
   productivity. Credited with preventing famine and political chaos, the
   plan later earned General Marshall a Nobel Peace Prize. The plan was
   an unprecedented act of generosity that should never be forgotten.

   1974: gold legal, US citizens allowed to buy & own gold for 1st time
   in 40 years.

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